The big difference being, however, that the Protestant morality play has nothing whatsoever to do with racism and everything with Germany and others refusing point blank to cover the bill, again, while at the same time France and Germany are insisting that Greece must remain part of the euro. These are mutually exclusive unless the Greeks suddenly pay up after all.
Still, the key here is that it really is a Greek option to call it quits but so far their politicians haven't had the guts to do that either. They've professed as have the Germans/French that a break from the euro is impossible, and hence the Greeks continue to pay their bills through convoluted “bail out” schemes. The talk about it being impossible to do is, just that, talk: neither France/Germany nor Greece officially wants Greece to exit the euro, they're just trying to hang on to it for as long as possible. If either party wanted that, the hands would've been forced and the matter concluded months ago.
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